Tag: REITs
Mortgage-Backed Securities vs. Treasury Bonds: An Introduction to Mortgage REITs
As an income investor, some of the highest-yielding products you can buy are mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs). As a trader, some of the most dangerous products you can buy are mREITS. Indeed, you must be extremely careful when purchasing mREITs because their price (not value) can fluctuate wildly on the stock market. To…
REITs vs. Homeownership: The Fun of Fundrise
The US housing market is in turmoil. The people who want homes can’t afford to buy one safely. “Safely” means that their total housing costs won’t exceed 30% of their household income. Yes, this pricing dynamic is nothing new. The book “The Two-Income Trap” explicitly tells us that in the 1990s, families were sending mothers…
Intro to R.E.I.T.s: Part 3 How to Invest
Welcome back to the world of REITs. In Part I, we learned what real estate investment trusts were. In Part II, we learned about the different sectors of REITs. Now it is time to put our money where our mouth is. Let’s invest in REITs. Because REITs trade on the stock market, you can invest…
Intro to R.E.I.T.s: Part 2 REIT Sectors
Real Estate Investment Trusts come in all flavors. Knowing the REIT sectors that you are investing in will have an impact on your portfolio based on different business cycles. In layman’s terms, real estate sectors perform differently based on what is happening in the economy. This is part 2 of our Introduction to REIT series.…
Introduction to REITs
Getting started in real estate can be a very daunting task for most Americans. Most Americans will usually never own more than one home at a time. So, how else do you get broad exposure to the booming real estate commodity? This is where REITs come in. REITs are essential to your overall investment strategy…
